smallholding

Definition of smallholdingnext
chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
Noun
  • DeSantis has made increases in local government budgets since 2019 a key part of his pitch for the homestead change.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • DeSantis’ property tax plan would have raised the homestead exemption to $250,000 from the current $50,000 cap.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • In 1984, Baker married Emmy Award-winning lyricist and singer-songwriter Dory Previn, and the two eventually left Los Angeles to settle into an old farmhouse in Southfield, Massachusetts, the Berkshires.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 July 2026
  • Schallau’s specialty is saison, a style of farmhouse ales bursting with complex flavors, such as Bourgeois Daydreams, a pale golden table beer featuring notes of makrut lime leaves and Meyer lemon.
    Midwest Living, Midwest Living, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Mignon Armistead Dunn was born in Memphis on June 17, 1928, and moved with her family to a cotton plantation at Tyronza in Poinsett County at an early age, David Sesser wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2026
  • Yet the South soon got up off its feet and reasserted the plantation ethos, while the North surrendered the cause of racial equality in the name of national reconciliation.
    James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • The first wind phone was created in 2010 by Japanese garden designer Itaru Sasaki after the loss of his cousin to cancer and then later was dedicated to lives lost in the 2011 tsunami.
    Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Leave some messiness in your garden and leave the leaves, as decaying leaves are great habitat for fireflies.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • The actress played estate owner Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, who is forced to sell her manor following the death of her husband.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Hallowed Halls turns your home into a stately Victorian manor, complete with spooky portraits, eerie black-and-gold decor, and even a few séance essentials.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • In addition to produce, a small orchard and herbs for tea, the Hulitts also keep chickens for their eggs and have roosters as well.
    Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Rosemaund sits in the agricultural heart of Herefordshire, surrounded by apple orchards and red, barley‑growing soils.
    Lewis Chester, Robb Report, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Diego is the big-hearted and good-natured owner of a small hacienda and husband to Doña Gabriella (Audrey Dana).
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
  • The story centers around a woman who inherits a mysterious hacienda filled with magic, secrets and unexpected connections that begin to reshape her life.
    Stephanie Hope, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.
    Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.
    Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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